Shufersal will continue to sponsor the Israeli delegation in Paris 2024 | Israel today

Following the support of the Israeli delegation at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, Shufersal announced today (Tuesday) that it will also sponsor the delegation at the Olympic Games to be held in Paris in 2024.

Under the agreement, Shufersal will sponsor the Israeli Olympic Committee in order to assist the Israeli delegations and accompany the athletes and achievements. 

In addition, Shufersal announced the five athletes who will receive personal sponsorship, as part of which each athlete will receive a monthly scholarship for the next two years, including: Daria Atmanov European artistic gymnastics champion, European judo champion Timna Nelson Levy, Israel 200m Blessing Afrifa, runner-up Europe in taekwondo Nimrod Kribitsky and Anastasia Gurbanko who finished fifth at the World Swimming Championships two weeks ago. 

Timna Nelson Levy and Daria Atmanov, Photo: Oren Aharoni

The announcement event was attended by Shufersal Chairman Itzik Aberhahn, Shufersal CEO Ofer Bloch, Israel Olympic Committee Chairman Yael Arad and Israel Olympic Committee CEO Gili Lustig.

The event, hosted by Anna Aronov, was attended by the five athletes who will receive personal sponsorship from the Shufersal team. 

Ofer Bloch, CEO of the Shufersal Group, said: "Shufersal is proud to support leading and promising Israeli athletes, who are an example and role model for dedication, perseverance and determination.

We hope that our support will allow them to focus on training and bring respect and pride to the State of Israel.

Good luck to all the female and male athletes of the Israeli delegation to Paris 2024. " 

Yael Arad, Chairman of the Israel Olympic Committee, said: "I see the connection with the Shufersal team from the Tokyo Games to Paris as a very important anchor for our ability to translate the Olympic dream into successes in the international arena.

Thanks to commercial collaborations, the Israel Olympic Committee can increase support for Olympic roster athletes, the medical-scientific envelope, support for professional teams and the cultivation of accomplished youth. 

"Today we are deepening our cooperation to provide personal support to outstanding athletes, thus enabling them to have industrial peace on the way to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

Blessing Afrifa, Photo: Oren Aharoni

Yael Arad and Daria Atmanov, Photo: Oren Aharoni

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